Incorrect Date of Koch’s Birth on Tombstone
Four years before his death in February, Edward I. Koch commissioned a tombstone to serve as a monument to his achievements as New York City’s 105th mayor. He laid out precise instructions for the design and the inscriptions, and even ...

Wrong year etched on Ed Koch’s grave
He supervised the engraving of his tombstone except for the dates of birth and death. The stone includes the last words of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, murdered by Islamist terrorists in Pakistan in 2002: “My father is Jewish, my mother is ...

What the Gurus Did This Week - Weekly Update on Guru Real Time Activity
Service Corp is North America's largest single provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services. The company operates more than 1,800 funeral homes and cemeteries. On May 29, SCI announced that the company had entered into a definitive ...

Funeral and Death Notices, June 18
Dearion & Davis Funeral Parlor, Gladewater. JODY BUTLER PHILLIPS, 39, Chandler, died June 6. Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home, Athens. NONA PINSON, 83, Dallas, died June 16. J.C. White Funeral & Cremation Services, Mount Pleasant. OTIS RAGSDALE ...

6/18: Deaths in Central Florida
Allen J. Harden Funeral Home, Mount Dora Chapel. PAUL EDWARD BRICKER JR., 83, Orlando, died Saturday. Robert Bryant Funeral & Cremation Chapel, Orlando. ANNE SAGER BROWN, 75, Maitland, died Sunday. DeGusipe Funeral Home and Crematory ...

Kermit Arrington recalled as 'born leader’
LE ROY — Friends and colleagues of Kermit Arrington recalled him with respect and fondness Monday. Arrington, 86, retired town of Le Roy judge and former superintendent of the village Department of Public Works, died Sunday at Crossroads House in Batavia.